Violent and serious suicide attempters: one step closer to suicide?

• Published in: The journal of clinical psychiatry Vol. 75; no. 3; p. e191
• Main Authors: Giner, Lucas, Jaussent, Isabelle, Olié, Emilie, Béziat, Séverine, Guillaume, Sébastien, Baca-Garcia, Enrique, Lopez-Castroman, Jorge, Courtet, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; France - epidemiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Self-Injurious Behavior - classification; Self-Injurious Behavior - epidemiology; Self-Injurious Behavior - mortality; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Suicide, Attempted - classification; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; France

The use of violence in a suicide attempt and its medical consequences can be used to characterize specific subpopulations of suicide attempters that could be at higher risk of ever completing suicide. A population of 1,148 suicide attempters was consecutively recruited from 2001 to 2010. Violent sui...